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I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess.

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have.

Loretta Lynn